Robust detection of ocular dominance columns in humans using Hahn Spin Echo BOLD functional MRI at 7 Tesla

NeuroImage

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1161-1177

  Yacoub, Essa ^a   Shmuel, Amir ^a,b   Logothetis, Nikos ^b   Uǧurbil, Kâmil ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

BOLD; Brain; Columns; Cortical map; fMRI; Functional map; Functional MRI; Functional organization; High field MRI; Ocular dominance; Spin Echo; Striate cortex; V1; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN MAPPING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOMINANCE, OCULAR; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34548534644     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.05.020     Document Type: Article

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